Our Team

President & CEO 

Kevin has over thirty years of experience as a physician and business executive. Currently, he serves as the Chief Medical Executive at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento. He leads a team of over 800 individuals and serves as the primary liaison between the medical staff, clinical leadership, and senior administrative team for Sutter Health’s flagship medical campus, consisting of two tertiary and quaternary hospitals totaling 523 beds and over $1 billion in annual revenue. Kevin received advanced degrees from Brown University and Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Director of Operations

Ryan oversees all restaurant operations and the growth of our operations team. He has over thirty years of experience as a restaurant operator and leader. Most recently, Ryan served as a Regional Vice President at Buffalo Wild Wings. He oversaw the company owned locations in California, Arizona, and Hawaii. Over his 30 years of experience, he has developed hundreds of restaurant leaders and managed sales volumes of over $500 million annually. Ryan served in leadership and operational positions at industry leading concepts like Romano's Macaroni Grill, Outback Steakhouse, and Disneyland Theme Parks. Ryan graduated from California State Polytechnic University with a bachelor's in hospitality management.

Area Director

Presh has multiple decades of leadership experience in the restaurant industry. Most recently, she spent eight years at Buffalo Wild Wings as a general manager in one of the companies most profitable and premier restaurants. During her career with Buffalo Wild Wings, she led the Champions of Women Leaders for southern California where leaders throughout the organization came together to collaborate, innovate and share best practices.  Additionally, she created the districts Safety Compliance Program which was then implemented and utilized company wide.

During her nine years with Aramark as a multi-unit manager for Angel Stadium of Anaheim and Honda Center, she held multiple roles from catering & restaurant manager, staffing manager, and alcohol compliance manager. As the staffing manager, Presh was responsible for conducting, hiring and supervising over 800 team members/non-profit workers.

Prior to Aramark, Presh spent several years at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in which she held multiple roles from cash control manager, food & beverage manager and operations director.

Area Director

Lora is a seasoned hospitality leader with multiple decades of experience across high volume restaurant brands. Most recently, she spent multiple years as a Managing Partner / Training General Manager at Raising Canes where she led the highest volume restaurants and ranked #1 within the company and franchise. Weekly sales would fluctuate between $260,000 and $276,000 a week. Drive-thru car count was the lead at 3000 in one day with 2:48 minutes in drive times. While Lora led the team, they ran the highest PPA of the company and achieved triple gold assessment of cleanliness and operation. Lora implemented online order applications and installed and trained Aloha and Menulink in different concepts. She has assisted in 10 different New Restaurant openings with Boston's Gourmet Pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings and Raising Canes and was able to focus on Community Unity and marketing. Lora spent over 7 years with Buffalo Wild Wings and several years in various leadership positions within Medieval Times.

Managing Partner

John is an early-stage investor and entrepreneur. He is currently a venture capitalist at Acrew Capital. He's an early investor in companies like Finix, Sorare, Pipe, Parafin, Hologram, ContainIQ, Brew.com, Rosebud AI, Superlocal, Loverboy, Motif and many more. Companies John has invested in have raised follow-on funding from firms like Sequoia, Benchmark, Stripe, Bain Capital, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, and many more. Prior to becoming an investor, John co-founded a CPG company. He graduated from the University of Delaware.

Managing Partner

Chris is a software engineer and entrepreneur. Most recently, Chris co-founded Spacious. He created the API, interfaces, and processes to scale from 2 people to a team of 90 across 25 locations in New York and San Francisco. Spacious sold to WeWork in 2019. Outside of Spacious, Chris has also worked as a tech lead, software engineer, and consultant at companies like Clubhouse Software, Hakka Labs, Acorns, and Collaborative Fund. Chris received his bachelor's degree from Brown University.

Managing Partner

Ananta is a managing partner and focuses on key strategic decisions as it relates to executive hires, acquisitions and culture. Most recently, she was a Director of Engineering at Sidewalk Labs (an Alphabet company). She led a team working to reimagine how people interact with and design cities. Prior to Sidewalk Labs, Ananta spent over three years as a software engineer at Birchbox. Ananta graduated from Barnard University.

Managing Partner

Holly has over forty years of experience as a practicing dermatologist. She has opened and managed two successful independent practices throughout her career. Holly received her bachelor's degree from Brown University, a medical degree from Boston University, and completed her advanced medical training at Stanford.